A Chinese silver three-piece service and a tray, marks of Wang Hing of Hong Kong, 19th/20th century, (4), comprising a teapot and cover, a milk jug and a two handled sugar basin and cover, each piece supported on four splayed foliate feet, the sides repousse on a finely punched ground with different figure scenes, set with dragon form handles and a spout rising from an animal's head, the domed covers enircled with dragons among clouds, the rectangular tray decorated with blossoming prunus boughs within the pierced everted rim with dragons among clouds and set with double scroll chilong handles, the base of each with character mark and stamped Wh 90, (4), 3820 gms total weight, teapot 14.5 cm high, sugar basin 12 cm high, milk jug 10 cm high, tray 58.5 cm long
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- Everted - An everted rim is an outwardly turning or flaring outwards rim, as seen the rims on jugs, vases, bowls and dishes.
- Foliate - Decorated with leaves or leaf-like forms.
- Embossed / Repousse - Embossing, also known as repousse, is the technique of decorating metal with raised designs, by pressing or beating out the design from the reverse side of the object.It is the opposite of chasing, where the decoration is applied from the front. An embossed or repoussed object may have chasing applied to finish off the design.
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